-- The Silver Spurs July Fourth Weekend Rodeo starts at 2:30 p.m. Friday and Sunday and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Silver Spurs Arena, U.S. Highway 192 between Kissimmee and St. Cloud. Tickets, $5-$11, available at Cowboy Country in Colonial Plaza, Orlando; Western Corral, 1304 New Haven St., West Melbourne; and Silver Spurs Arena box office.

-- At Cypress Gardens, Aquacade '86 features synchronized swimmer Tracie Ruiz and diver Greg Louganis, both gold-medal winners in the '84 Olympics. Performances Friday through Sunday. Also, there will be weekend premieres of the Moonstruck musical revue and the Swamp Critter Creature Feature. Fireworks-water show starts at 9 p.m. Cypress Gardens is east of Winter Haven off U.S. Highway 27 on State Road 540. Admission: $14.50 age 12 and over, $9.50 ages 3-11.

-- At Walt Disney World and Epcot Center: Johnny Mann will perform with the All-American College Orchestra at 7:30 and 9 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the America Gardens Stage in Epcot. Fireworks at the World Showcase Lagoon at 10 p.m. Friday. In the Magic Kingdom, the Star-Spangled Spectacular, a 300- performer revue, starts at 6, 7:30 and 9:40 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Cinderella's Castle. Magic Kingdom fireworks at 10 nightly. The Main Street Electrical Parade at 9 and 11 p.m. Admission to Epcot or the Magic Kingdom: $24.50 adults, $19.50 ages 3-12.

-- The Great American Picnic at Sea World features the premiere of the Sea World Marching Band. There will be contests for Frisbee tossing, apple-pie eating, corn husking and mother-in-law calling from 11 a.m. Friday. The Hawaiian pavilion will have a big-band USO-style show and jitterbug contests. Fireworks at 9:45 p.m. Sea World is off the Bee Line Expressway at Interstate 4 southwest of Orlando. Admission: $16.50 adults, $13.50 ages 3-11.

-- Opening ceremonies for the IV Pan American Junior Athletics Championship will be at 9 p.m. Friday at Showalter Field, Winter Park. The meet starts at 8:30 a.m. and continues through Sunday.

-- The Fourth of July Celebration at the Marketplace, Dr. Phillips Boulevard and Sand Lake Road in Orlando, starts at 11 a.m. Friday with demonstrations and entertainment. Fireworks at dusk.

-- At Daytona International Speedway, the NASCAR Firecracker 400 starts at 10 a.m. Friday. The speedway is on U.S. Highway 92, a mile east of Interstate 95, in Daytona Beach. Admission: $15 general, $20 grandstand, $35- $45 box seats.

-- The Friday celebration in Bartow's International Minerals and Chemical Park features a petting zoo, midway-style rides, music and a flyover by the Florida Air National Guard. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Free.

-- In Leesburg, there will be a boat parade and fireworks from 9 p.m. Friday at Venetian Garden Park off Lake Harris. Free.

-- The Melbourne Firecracker Festival starts with a parade at 10 a.m. Friday from Brevard Mall on Babcock Street to Melbourne Square Mall on Hibiscus. Games, rides and live entertainment start at noon. Fireworks at 9:15 p.m. at Melbourne Square Mall.

-- The Ormond Beach Salute to Liberty festival starts at 2 p.m. Friday with games and entertainment. Fireworks at 9 p.m. Events will be around Granada, John Anderson and Riverside drives.

-- In Tavares Friday, there will be an 8 a.m. All-American Triathlon. Registration at 6:30 a.m. is $15. There will be a 10 a.m. parade, an 11 a.m. flag-raising and awards ceremony. Barbecue, battle of the bands, 6:30 p.m. ski show. Fireworks at dusk. At Wooten Park on Lake Dora, Tavares.